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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
Hewlett Packard Enterprise's operations are organized into five segments for financial reporting purposes: Server, Hybrid Cloud, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services (“FS”), and Corporate Investments and Other. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's organizational structure is based on a number of factors that the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), who is the Chief Executive Officer, uses to evaluate, view and run the Company's business operations, which include, but are not limited to, customer base and homogeneity of products and technology. The five segments are based on this organizational structure and information reviewed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise's management to evaluate segment results. A summary of the types of products and services within each segment is as follows:
Server consists of general-purpose servers for multi-workload computing and workload-optimized servers to deliver the best performance and value for demanding applications, and integrated systems comprised of software and hardware designed to address High-Performance Computing and Supercomputing (including exascale applications), Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), Data Analytics, and Transaction Processing workloads for government and commercial customers globally. This portfolio of products includes the secure and versatile HPE ProLiant Rack and Tower servers; HPE Synergy, a composable infrastructure for traditional and cloud-native applications; HPE Scale Up Servers product lines for critical applications, including large enterprise software applications and data analytics platforms; HPE Edgeline servers; HPE Cray EX; HPE Cray XD (formerly known as HPE Apollo); and HPE NonStop. Server offerings also include operational and support services sold with systems and as standalone services.
Hybrid Cloud offers a wide variety of cloud-native and hybrid solutions across storage, private cloud and the infrastructure software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space. Storage includes data storage and data management offerings with the HPE Alletra Storage portfolio; unstructured data solutions and analytics for AI; data protection and archiving; and storage networking. It also includes AIOps-driven intelligence with HPE InfoSight and HPE CloudPhysics. In private cloud, the HPE GreenLake offerings include new cloud-native offerings and capabilities for virtual machines, containers, and bare metal; a full suite of private cloud offerings that enable customers to self-manage or choose a fully managed experience; and a portfolio of world-class AI infrastructure delivered as-a-service (“aaS”). This segment also provides self-service private cloud on-demand with HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Business Edition. Infrastructure software includes monitoring and observability for day two operations and beyond through the Company’s acquisition of OpsRamp and unified data access through HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric and analytics suite, which helps move and transform data for use in AI and other applications. Hybrid Cloud segment also includes data lifecycle management and protection through its suite of offerings, including Zerto Disaster Recovery.
Intelligent Edge offers wired and wireless local area networks, campus, branch, and data center switching, software-defined wide-area-networks, private and public cellular network software, network security, and associated services that enable secure connectivity for businesses of any size. The HPE Aruba Networking product portfolio includes hardware products such as Wi-Fi access points, switches, and gateways. The HPE Aruba Networking software and services portfolio includes cloud-based management, network management, network access control, software-defined wide-area networking, network security, analytics and assurance, location services software, private and public cellular core software, and professional and support services, as well as aaS and consumption models through the HPE GreenLake cloud for the Intelligent Edge portfolio of products. Intelligent Edge offerings are consolidated in the edge service platform, which takes a cloud-native approach that provides customers with a unified framework to meet their connectivity, security, and financial needs across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker environments.
Financial Services provides flexible investment solutions, such as leasing, financing, IT consumption, utility programs, and asset management services for customers that facilitate unique technology deployment models and the acquisition of complete IT solutions, including hardware, software, and services from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others. FS also supports financial solutions for on-premise flexible consumption models, such as the HPE GreenLake cloud.
Corporate Investments and Other includes the Advisory and Professional Services (“A & PS”) business, which primarily offers consultative-led services, HPE and partner technology expertise and advice, implementation services as well as complex solution engagement capabilities; and Hewlett Packard Labs, which is responsible for research and development.
Segment Policy
Hewlett Packard Enterprise does not allocate to its segments certain operating expenses, which it manages at the corporate level. These unallocated operating costs include certain corporate costs and eliminations, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, transformation costs, and acquisition, disposition and other charges. Total assets by segment are not presented as that information is not used to allocate resources or assess performance at the segment level and is not reviewed by the CODM.
Segment Operating Results
Segment net revenue and operating results were as follows:
 ServerHybrid CloudIntelligent EdgeFinancial
Services		Corporate
Investments and Other		Total
In millions
Three months ended January 31, 2025:
     
Net revenue$4,271 $1,367 $1,147 $872 $197 $7,854 
Intersegment net revenue19 38 (1)1 — 57 
Total segment net revenue$4,290 $1,405 $1,146 $873 $197 $7,911 
Segment earnings (loss) from operations$348 $99 $314 $82 $(2)$841 
Three months ended January 31, 2024:
     
Net revenue(1)
$3,221 $1,231 $1,193 $872 $238 $6,755 
Intersegment net revenue106 42 8 1 — 157 
Total segment net revenue(1)
$3,327 $1,273 $1,201 $873 $238 $6,912 
Segment earnings (loss) from operations(1)
$379 $51 $353 $74 $(10)$847 
(1)     Effective at the beginning of the first quarter of fiscal 2025, in order to align its segment financial reporting more closely with its current business structure, HPE implemented an organizational change with the transfer of certain managed services, previously reported within the Server reportable segment, to the Hybrid Cloud reportable segment.
    The reconciliation of segment operating results to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings was as follows:
 For the three months ended January 31,
 20252024
 In millions
Net Revenue: 
Total segments$7,911 $6,912 
Eliminations of intersegment net revenue(57)(157)
Total consolidated net revenue$7,854 $6,755 
Earnings Before Taxes:  
Total segment earnings from operations$841 $847 
Unallocated corporate costs and eliminations(61)(72)
Stock-based compensation expense(154)(141)
Amortization of intangible assets(38)(71)
Transformation costs(15)(20)
Gain on sale of a business244 — 
H3C divestiture related severance costs(77)— 
Acquisition, disposition and other charges(63)(18)
Interest and other, net39 (88)
Earnings from equity interests17 46 
Total earnings before provision for taxes$733 $483 
Geographic Information
Net revenue by geographic region was as follows:
For the three months ended January 31,
20252024
In millions
Americas:
United States$2,518 $2,294 
Americas excluding United States874 507 
Total Americas3,392 2,801 
Europe, Middle East and Africa2,680 2,434 
Asia Pacific and Japan1,782 1,520 
Total consolidated net revenue$7,854 $6,755